Chinamaniac

English

Etymology

From China +‎ maniac.

Noun

Chinamaniac (plural Chinamaniacs)

1. A person obsessed with collecting porcelain; an avid china collector.
   • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 12:

     "And some of the old china in the kitchen is Chelsea and Dresden and I noticed a Spode dinner-set there and some Crown Derby cups." "All that doesn't mean a thing to me. Does it mean that the stuff's valuable?" "Goodness, yes! Chinamaniacs pay all sorts of fancy prices for good examples of old china."